decided to share my recent observations from working with AI coding agents / LLMs everyday (subjective option):
there's no longer a token limit (the restriction has shifted to RAM/hard drive, which is simply insufficient). Codex, Cursor, and other agentic harness builds / CLI tools - have solved the problem of context and LLMs in the loop, each in their own way, but roughly similar. Zed gave ability / glips how to work in realtime for humans, but git systems unfortunately doesn’t support realtime collaborative editing / coding (imho).
the next important limitation is the chat direction vector, which is set in the first sent message.
all frontier models are roughly similar, but with their own features.
everyone's agentic harness is different, with the best being Codex (computer use (as a partner - full computer control, automation, + skills + orchestration) and Cursor for augmentation (multitasking & almost live editing & need for speed + orchestration). Claude code / design - feels like experienced but unpredictable person - ideal for research / discover new ideas and products / design, but requires constant monitoring.
